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ENJAMIN LAY was born at Colchester in the County of Essex, Great Britain, Anno Domini 1677. His parents, who were members of the Society of Friends, carefully instructed him in the religious principles which they professed, but their pecuniary resources did not enable them to bestow upon their son, more than the rudiments of learning, as taught in the lower order of English schools.

At an early period of his youth, he was placed an apprentice with a glove-maker, in